Decadal increases in carbon uptake offset by respiratory losses across northern permafrost ecosystems

Craig R. See; Anna Maria Virkkala; Susan M. Natali; Brendan M. Rogers; Marguerite Mauritz; Christina Biasi; Stef Bokhorst; Julia Boike; M. Syndonia Bret-Harte; Gerardo Celis; Namyi Chae; Torben R. Christensen; Sara June Murner; Sigrid Dengel; Han Dolman; Colin W. Edgar; Bo Elberling; Craig A. Emmerton; Eugénie S. Euskirchen; Mathias Göckede; Achim Grelle; Liam Heffernan; Manuel Helbig; David Holl; Elyn Humphreys; Hiroki Iwata; Järvi Järveoja; Hideki Kobayashi; John Kochendorfer; Pasi Kolari; Ayumi Kotani; Lars Kutzbach; Min Jung Kwon; Emma R. Lathrop; Efrén López-Blanco; Ivan Mammarella; Maija E. Marushchak; Mikhail Mastepanov; Yojiro Matsuura; Lutz Merbold; Gesa Meyer; Christina Minions; Mats B. Nilsson; Julia Nojeim; Steven F. Oberbauer; David Olefeldt; Sang Jong Park; Frans Jan W. Parmentier; Matthias Peichl; Darcy Peter; Roman Petrov; Rafael Poyatos; Anatoly S. Prokushkin; William Quinton; Heidi Rodenhizer; Torsten Sachs; Kathleen Savage; Christopher Schulze; Sofie Sjögersten; Oliver Sonnentag; Vincent L. St. Louis; Margaret S. Torn; Eeva Stiina Tuittila; Masahito Ueyama; Andrej Varlagin; Carolina Voigt; Jennifer D. Watts; Donatella Zona; Viacheslav I. Zyryanov; Edward A.G. Schuur

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Decadal increases in carbon uptake offset by respiratory losses across northern permafrost ecosystems

Craig R. See^*, Anna Maria Virkkala, Susan M. Natali, Brendan M. Rogers, Marguerite Mauritz, Christina Biasi, Stef Bokhorst, Julia Boike, M. Syndonia Bret-Harte, Gerardo Celis, Namyi Chae, Torben R. Christensen, Sara June Murner, Sigrid Dengel, Han Dolman, Colin W. Edgar, Bo Elberling, Craig A. Emmerton, Eugénie S. Euskirchen, Mathias GöckedeAchim Grelle, Liam Heffernan, Manuel Helbig, David Holl, Elyn Humphreys, Hiroki Iwata, Järvi Järveoja, Hideki Kobayashi, John Kochendorfer, Pasi Kolari, Ayumi Kotani, Lars Kutzbach, Min Jung Kwon, Emma R. Lathrop, Efrén López-Blanco, Ivan Mammarella, Maija E. Marushchak, Mikhail Mastepanov, Yojiro Matsuura, Lutz Merbold, Gesa Meyer, Christina Minions, Mats B. Nilsson, Julia Nojeim, Steven F. Oberbauer, David Olefeldt, Sang Jong Park, Frans Jan W. Parmentier, Matthias Peichl, Darcy Peter, Roman Petrov, Rafael Poyatos, Anatoly S. Prokushkin, William Quinton, Heidi Rodenhizer, Torsten Sachs, Kathleen Savage, Christopher Schulze, Sofie Sjögersten, Oliver Sonnentag, Vincent L. St. Louis, Margaret S. Torn, Eeva Stiina Tuittila, Masahito Ueyama, Andrej Varlagin, Carolina Voigt, Jennifer D. Watts, Donatella Zona, Viacheslav I. Zyryanov, Edward A.G. Schuur

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Department of Ecoscience - Arctic Ecosystem Ecology

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Tundra and boreal ecosystems encompass the northern circumpolar permafrost region and are experiencing rapid environmental change with important implications for the global carbon (C) budget. We analysed multi-decadal time series containing 302 annual estimates of carbon dioxide (CO₂) flux across 70 permafrost and non-permafrost ecosystems, and 672 estimates of summer CO₂ flux across 181 ecosystems. We find an increase in the annual CO₂ sink across non-permafrost ecosystems but not permafrost ecosystems, despite similar increases in summer uptake. Thus, recent non-growing-season CO₂ losses have substantially impacted the CO₂ balance of permafrost ecosystems. Furthermore, analysis of interannual variability reveals warmer summers amplify the C cycle (increase productivity and respiration) at putatively nitrogen-limited sites and at sites less reliant on summer precipitation for water use. Our findings suggest that water and nutrient availability will be important predictors of the C-cycle response of these ecosystems to future warming.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature Climate Change
Volume	14
Issue	8
Pages (from-to)	853-862
Number of pages	10
ISSN	1758-678X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02057-4
Publication status	Published - Aug 2024

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See, C. R., Virkkala, A. M., Natali, S. M., Rogers, B. M., Mauritz, M., Biasi, C., Bokhorst, S., Boike, J., Bret-Harte, M. S., Celis, G., Chae, N., Christensen, T. R., Murner, S. J., Dengel, S., Dolman, H., Edgar, C. W., Elberling, B., Emmerton, C. A., Euskirchen, E. S., ... Schuur, E. A. G. (2024). Decadal increases in carbon uptake offset by respiratory losses across northern permafrost ecosystems. Nature Climate Change, 14(8), 853-862. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02057-4

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Decadal increases in carbon uptake offset by respiratory losses across northern permafrost ecosystems. / See, Craig R.; Virkkala, Anna Maria; Natali, Susan M. et al.
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